Jason was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. In 1999 he fled the cold to live in Los Angeles, where he started taking screenwriting classes at UCLA. His first screenplay, Notch 22, was a Scriptapalooza finalist out of over 4,100 scripts. In 2011, Jason moved to Austin, Texas knowing no one, ready to start his "Second Act Twist" in life. In 2015 he directed his first feature, Dr. Cheapskate.